| Course Description:
This is an introductory course in cultural anthropology designed
for non-anthropology majors. This course has several objectives.
First, students will be introduced to the methods and guiding
principles of cultural anthropology. Second, students will
learn how human societies have developed different survival
methods and different social structures in varying environments.
This section of the course focuses on four different adaptive
strategies: foraging, pastoralism, horticulture and agriculture.
Third, students will study the ways in which colonialism,
industrialization and globalization have changed the nature
of human societies throughout the world. Special focus is
given to non-Western/non-European societies. And, finally,
students will learn how anthropologists have contributed to
a better understanding of the ways in which these important
historical processes relate to the major global problems of
the 21st century
Requirements:
Class attendance & participation, films, reading assignments,
2 exams, final exam.
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